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What the topic for today's blog is chad,chad refers to the paper pieces made when holes are punched in paper or any other material a hole can be punched in. Chad can be used as both a mass noun (box of chad) or as a countable noun (chads from punched cards). For those of you that followed the Florida voting fiasco in the 2000 presidential election you may already be familiar with chad. When one or more corners remain attached to the card (hanging chad,dimpled chad or pregnant chad) the cards could not be read by the tabulation machines.
Chad have been around long before they achieved their fame from that election. A 1930 patent included a chad box to collect the pieces from telegraph tape. Some of you may also be familiar with hand punches,which are still in use today for mainly decorative purposes.
Okay,now comes the part where I tie in the title "Party Punches"... chad can also be used as confetti,though only round chad should be used for this purpose,as the rectangular chad has sharp corners and could possibly result in eye injury.
What the topic for today's blog is chad,chad refers to the paper pieces made when holes are punched in paper or any other material a hole can be punched in. Chad can be used as both a mass noun (box of chad) or as a countable noun (chads from punched cards). For those of you that followed the Florida voting fiasco in the 2000 presidential election you may already be familiar with chad. When one or more corners remain attached to the card (hanging chad,dimpled chad or pregnant chad) the cards could not be read by the tabulation machines.
Chad have been around long before they achieved their fame from that election. A 1930 patent included a chad box to collect the pieces from telegraph tape. Some of you may also be familiar with hand punches,which are still in use today for mainly decorative purposes.
Okay,now comes the part where I tie in the title "Party Punches"... chad can also be used as confetti,though only round chad should be used for this purpose,as the rectangular chad has sharp corners and could possibly result in eye injury.
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